ChicagoAcapellaWe arrive at the corner of Jazz and Classical on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 12th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Chicago a cappella scats with Pleasure the music of Malcolm Dalglish, and solo piano tries out David Baker’s Jazz Dance Suite as well as The Blue Hula by Tobias Picker.

John Musto’s Divertimento for chamber ensemble has jazz and popular music overtones, but there’s no mistaking the straight-ahead jazz worldview in three works by Philadelphia’s Adam Berenson (even if he turns a corner here and there), from his brand-new 2-CD release Lumen. He’s the pianist, along with bass and drums, in his Late 20th Century Stomp, Emotional Idiot, and Respectable People.

from Adam Berenson: Respectable People 

PROGRAM:
Malcolm Dalglish: Pleasure
Adam Berenson: Late 20th Century Stomp / Emotional Idiot
David N. Baker: Jazz Dance Suite
Tobias Picker: The Blue Hula
John Musto: Divertimento for Flute, Clarinet, Viola, Cello, Piano, and Percussion
Adam Berenson: Respectable People

Every Saturday night at 9 Eastern, Kile Smith brings you Now Is the Time, all styles of contemporary concert music by living American composers on WRTI’s all-classical stream. Just go to wrti.org and click on the Listen: Classical button at the top of any page. Here are the recording details and complete schedule. In the Philadelphia area with an HD radio? Dial us up at 90.1 FM-HD2, or find all the frequencies here, from the Jersey Shore to the Poconos to Harrisburg to Delaware. Thanks for supporting American contemporary music on WRTI!